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25-year-old Lagos musician named, John Sunday, confessed to Lagos
police authorities yesterday, that he went into armed robbery because he
needed money to launch his album. “I am a musician from Ikofepepe in
Akwa Ibom State.
We were three in the gang, but one is on the
run. I needed money to launch my album, Tureke Reggae; that is why I
went into robbery.
I was targeting N100,000,” Sunday said.
Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti,revealed that Sunday and another
of his gang members, Onyekachiwere arrested on November 21st, after
receiving a tip-off. Onyekachi revealed that he became an armed robber
in order to get money to feed his wife. “I was a commercial bus
conductor. We were operating on the Agege Total-Oshodi route. I just got
married, but my wife is still in the village.
I was looking for money to feed her whenever she comes to Lagos; that was why I went into armed robbery.”
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